Word: withdrawal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gulf of Tonkin was a triumph, it was one of the few for the U.S. in Viet Nam. Unwilling to withdraw and fearful of escalating the war, Johnson has maintained a "more of the same" policy that pleases almost nobody and makes less sense with the passing of each day. All the while, the Saigon government has been stumbling from coup to coup. In the latest unhappy episode, the U.S. and the Vietnamese approached a parting of the ways. The U.S. was insistent about trying to sustain a group of civilian politicians against overthrow by a junta of disgusted young...
...course, like a call for a complete U.S. retreat. But Lippmann has a fall-back plan that might not save face but will keep some troops nearby. "To promote the eventual negotiation," he wrote last June, it should be made clear "that it is not our intention to withdraw and wash our hands. It is no less essential to make military dispositions in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean, which make it clear that when our troops withdraw from the mainland, the American presence will remain...
...French President Charles de Gaulle may find wider areas of agreement, but he is resigned to the possibility that this may not happen. He feels that the U.S. is pursuing the best course in South Viet Nam, wants the U.S. neither to expand that war nor to withdraw. Only last week Johnson prudently agreed to renegotiate the Panama Canal treaty as Panama has been demanding-and just as prudently announced the intention of the U.S. to build a second canal (see THE HEMISPHERE...
...those who were aware of the two Chinas, 62% opposed U.S. help to the Nationalists in an attack against the mainland. Seventy-five percent favored the U.S.'s remaining in the United Nations when and if the Chinese Communists are admitted; only 5% would want the U.S. to withdraw...
...Time to Withdraw. That could be accomplished next month when the 132-member National Committee meets in Chicago. A key item on the agenda will be a vote of confidence for the chairman, and, as of last week, a weighty majority of members were ready to vote no. Indeed, right now seemed to be a fine time for the young lawyer from...